2017 by-elections Lead Story News
Shortcomings in education and awareness campaigning dampened voter interest in the 1 April by-election and resulted in lower turnout than Burma’s 2015 general election, the Myanmar Election Observation Network says.
A year after more than US$100 million worth of methamphetamine tablets was seized from an abandoned truck in Rangoon, police say the main suspects remain at large.
Environment Lead Story Natural Disasters News
The Global Climate Risk Index 2015 lists Honduras as the country suffering most from the effects of extreme weather events in the 20-year period.
Burma’s nascent internet industry has seen rampant abuse by extremist groups spreading misinformation, inciting violence and circulating false reports and pictures.
Rangoon’s police force has just over 5,000 officers, enforcing the law and dealing with the crime in a city of more than seven million people.
Fighting broke out between the Shan State Army-North (SSA-N) and Burmese government forces in Ta Pha Saung, an area located in Shan State’s Kaese Township.
Lead Story News Peace Process Politics
Burma’s ethnic minorities will never cede from the country, providing their rights are respected and a genuine federal union established, NCCT leader said.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Peace Process Politics
A Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team (NCCT) representative said on Wednesday that the ethnic bloc is unable to reach agreement with the Burmese government on four of the remaining five points of the proposed single-text nationwide ceasefire draft.
Lead Story News Peace Process Politics
Hopes are high that the talks, scheduled for five days, will result in a single-text agreement for a nationwide ceasefire; notwithstanding, some crucial military issues need to be resolved.
2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics
A USDP spokesman rejects reports that Burma’s ruling party was involved in axing this year’s by-elections, but said that he believes the decision to cancel polling was “sensible”.
Rural villagers living west of Rangoon said they are forming a petition to protest plans to build an extensive residential and commercial development on 30,000 acres of land in their area.
Lead Story News Politics Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi encourages the new generation within the NLD to take more responsibility within the party as it pushes towards a general election next year.
Lead Story Natural resources News
Villagers in Paunglaung, located between Naypyidaw and Shan State, have said that a relocation project designed to make way for the Upper Paunglaung Dam is insufficient.
“I will carefully learn from the experiences of my two seniors – their advantages and disadvantages – to prepare for what is necessary,” Khin Wai Phyo said during a press conference.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Peace Process
The Burmese government agrees to the principle of establishing a federal union, according to officials emerging from negotiations with ethnic leaders in Rangoon on Friday.
More than 120 homes in Je Yang camp for IDPs in Burma’s Kachin State were relocated this weekend after a landslide killed five residents last Tuesday.
Karenni Lead Story News Peace Process
Abel Tweed, who is chairing the last day of ceasefire talks in Laiza, said on Monday that the ethnic alliance was “hoping for the best, but would also prepare for the worst”.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Peace Process
Representatives of 16 armed ethnic groups finalise the Basic Principles of a draft ceasefire proposal, but some questions remain outstanding with regard to terminology.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Peace Process Politics
Burma’s ethnic leaders convened in Laiza, Kachin State, on Thursday for the next round of discussions on a nationwide ceasefire agreement, where they established a leading committee to oversee political aspects of the peace process.
Irrawaddy Division Lead Story Media News
Twenty-one media workers in Irrawaddy Division staged a mass prayer in the capital Bassein [Pathein] as a symbolic protest.
Three editors of the Bi Mon Te Nay weekly news journal are being questioned by Rangoon police over a front-page report claiming Aung San Suu Kyi had been installed in an interim government.
Land Lead Story Mandalay Division News
Police authorities in Pyin Oo Lwin pressed charges against labour activist Su Su Nway for organising a massive protest with getting permission.
Burma’s premier national-level body for disabled rights is soon to be formed, following a national conference on disability held in Rangoon on 12 June.
Land Lead Story Mandalay Division News
Some 800 farmers in Mandalay Division begin ploughing more than 3,000 acres of farmland as a protest for its return since it was allegedly confiscated by the military government about 40 years ago.
The leader of Federation of Trade Unions Myanmar was the first Burmese elected to the ILO’s governing body.
Lead Story Media News Politics
Burma’s journalists called a new bill intended to separate state media from political influence “inappropriate”.
Constitution Lead Story News Politics Rangoon Suu Kyi
“There is presently no trust between the people and the army,” said Suu Kyi. “The army doesn’t trust the people, and the people don’t trust the army.”
2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics
The Union Election Commission met with more than 60 political parties in Rangoon on Thursday to discuss recently announced electoral regulations.
Lead Story News Politics Society Video
Burma’s Ministry of Immigration announce that the census in Arakan State will continue until the end of May, in an attempt to count Muslim populations that were excluded from last month’s tally.
More speed cameras are being introduced on the Rangoon – Mandalay Expressway; meanwhile a local group wants to purge the area of evil spirits, and bus companies are selling travel insurance with tickets.
